NEDCC PRESERVATION TRAINING UPDATE    
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DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections  
August 19-20  
Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City Metro area)   

Are you just getting started in digitization and digital preservation? Trying to bring several digital projects together into a cohesive digital preservation program? Or are you well into a digital collections project and need a refresher on the latest standards and best practices?   

The Digital Directions conference is geared toward professionals working with digital collections at archives, libraries, museums, historical organizations, government agencies, corporate archives, and other organizations that steward digital collections. Students are welcome, and a discounted student registration rate is available.   

LEARN MORE: www.nedcc.org/dd19   

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UPCOMING WEBINARS: 
April 10 - Selection for Digitization   
April 11 - Caring for Photograph Collections    
April 22 - Writing Grants for Audio Preservation (free for Preservation Week)   
April 25 - Long-term Preservation for Early Record Books  (free for Preservation Week)   
May 1 - Concepts of Audiovisual Preservation  
May 7 - Salvaging Damaged Book, Paper, and AV Collections   
May 14 - Creating Long-lasting Digital Prints   
May 21 - Exhibiting Your Collections   

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One-Day Workshops for Smaller Organizations - Presented at locations around the country on consecutive days:

DIGITAL PRESERVATION FOR SMALLER INSTITUTIONS 
This workshop focuses on practical tips and activities for small organizations that have less than $500 per year to devote to digital preservation efforts. Partnering with Digital POWRR.

AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATION FOR SMALLER INSTITUTIONS
This workshop gives participants from smaller organizations the foundation needed to be effective collections stewards for AV materials.

These two workshops will be presented:
June 10 and 11,  Providence, Rhode Island  -   
June 13 and 14,  Burlington, Vermont  -  
July 8 and 9,  Brookings, South Dakota  -  
July 18 and 19,  Huntington, West Virginia  -  

Participants may attend one or both days. A limited number of scholarships are available. (Please fill out scholarship application before registering.) These low-cost workshops are supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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A two-day workshop on building an effective preservation program:

PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT AND COLLECTIONS CARE WORKSHOP
May 13 and 14,  Elkins, West Virginia  -  
Participants may attend one or both days. This low-cost workshop is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAM DETAILS AND REGISTRATION INFO:  www.nedcc.org/prestr  

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